Snake Urate Question - Is Green Normal?

[AjaMichelle]

That's fantastic!!! It's so rare that we encounter knowledgeable veterinarians who can actually offer solutions to these types of stressful situations! I just wish the shop had been responsible too.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by AjaMichelle

That's fantastic!!! It's so rare that we encounter knowledgeable veterinarians who can actually offer solutions to these types of stressful situations! I just wish the shop had been responsible too.

i can wish a lot of things after the fact :C

are your pythons urates watery? my vet said that he has only see green urates in:
snakes with kidney damage/kidney failing
snakes who are anerexic and are basically digesting their own body


He thinks she did the green because her body was trying to break down the toxins and was digesting affected tissue- her muscles

[AjaMichelle]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Honestly that's how my girl went a few weeks before she passed. She peed often but never large amounts. White and yellowish is what my other snakes pee.

So yellow is probably fine? Monty's urates look like the urates in the photos you posted except there's more green stuff and it's pretty chalky and chunky somehow, and it's usually accompanied by a large puddle of clear fluid.

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

i can wish a lot of things after the fact :C

are your pythons urates watery? my vet said that he has only see green urates in:
snakes with kidney damage/kidney failing
snakes who are anerexic and are basically digesting their own body


He thinks she did the green because her body was trying to break down the toxins and was digesting affected tissue- her muscles

Wow!!! That's brutal!!! I'm not really sure what defines watery. When he pees there's a large puddle of clear fluid (but not always), and the urates are typically a puddle of white with chunks of green and yellow stuff. They never look the same. Sometimes there is also red, however, I haven't been able to determine from where the red is originating. I keep asking people and vets and everyone keeps telling me this is normal, but it definitely doesn't seem normal.

I've had him for almost 2 years, but he was off food for 8 months before I got him (he was living in a 30 gallon rubbermaid container), then he ate like 3 or 4 times over the first 6 months I had him, then he went off of food for 4 months, and he's been eating reliably since February 2012. I was feeding him smaller meals (7 to 8 pounds) until August, but since posting this:

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/giant...-question.html

I have been doing my best to feed him larger meals (10 to 12) pounds every 4 to 5 weeks, as he sheds often. He's now 70 to 80 pounds and about 15 feet.

He was only 23 pounds when I got him though. Here's a photo of his first feed with me. Those are XL rats.



He usually pees every few days too, is that normal?